Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-22

hcGu SEGAtA ~ iDG = -uGlE- - J41uEg
summer, autumn and winter He has ap-
proprigtely sppareled you. Your health
from Him, your companion from Him,
your chNdren from Him, your
home from Him, sill the bright
surrounding Of your life from Him.
@, man, what dOst thou with that
hard heart? CGlsr thou not feel one
throb Of gratitude toward the God that
made you, and the Christ who came to
redeem you, and the Holy Ghost who has
all these ye2rn been importuning you? II
YOU could sit down five minutes under the
tree Of q SavioUr's martyrdOm, and feel
his warm life trlckl!ng on your forehead,
and cheek, and nauGs, methlnks Won would
get some appreciation Of what you owe
to 8 cruciled Jesus.
Heart of stone rcleLt. rclent.
Touched by Jesus cross suUluGd,
see his body. mangled. rent.
Covered with Q gore Of blood.
Slut-l soul, what mast thou done
CrUciIcd the eternal son"
Jacob with good deaf of tag and push
took the stone from the wells mouth, 50
that the hOcks might be Wetered. And
would tina. this morning ray word, blessed
Of God, might remove the hindranCes to
your getting up TO the gospel well. Yea.
/ take ii for granted inst the work is
done, and now, like Oriental shepherds, l
proceed 20 water the sheep.
Conc, all We thirsty, You have en-
undct8ed longing il your soul.
You tried money making; that
did not satisfy you. You tried ctIice
under government; that did not ssufY
you You tried pictures and sculptures;
but works Of art did not satisfy you. You
are as much disconnected with this life as
the celebrated French author who felt
that he could rot any longer endure the
misfU-turts q the world, and who said:
"At4 O'Clock this afternoon ] shall put
an end TO my own existence. Meanwhile,
l must toni on up 10 that tine for the
sustcuaace VI my family" And he
wrote Oh his book until the clock struck
four, when Ae folded up his manuscript
and Gy his own hand, concluded his
earthly life. There 2Te men in this house
VINO are perfectly disconnected. Unhappy
in the past, unhappy to-day, 10 be unhappy
forever, unless YOU come to this gOspel
well This satisfies the soul with q high,
deep, GlI-absorbing, ard eternal salts
faction /. comes, AMI it offers the
most unfortunate man so much of this
world as is best for him, and throws all
heaven into the Dsrgain. The wealth Of
CrOesus, and Of all the Stewards, and Of
BIZ the Earrings, and all the Rothchilds is
only poor, miserable shilling compared
with
THE ETERNAL FORTUNE
that Christ offers to-day. In the far East
there was king who used once year to
get on 8 scales, while on the other side
the scales were placed gold and silver and
gems; indeed, enough were placed there
10 balance the king; then, at the close Of
the weighing, sill those treasures were
thrown among the populace. But Christ
to-day steps on one side the scales, and
on the other side are all the treasures of
the universe, and lie says; "All sre
yOurs-all height, all depth, all length,
all breadth, all eternity, all are yours.
We don't appreciate the promise Of the
Gospel. When an aged clergyman was
dying-a man very eminent in the church
a young theological student stood by
his side, and the aged man looked up and
said to MIN: Cant you give me some
comfort in my dying houI?" NO." said
the young man; 81 can't talk TO you on
this subjects you know all about it, and
have known It so long" "Wel" said
the DYING man, "just recite to me some
promises" The young man thought q
moment, and ne came TO this promise
"Tne blood of Jesus Christ Clesnseth
from all SIM" and the old man clepped
his hands, and in his dying moment said:
"That's lust the promise / have been
waiting for. The blood of Jesus Christ
cIeanseta from aI SIM Oh, the warmth,
the grandeur, the magnidcenCe Of the
promise.
Come, also, to this gospel well, au ye
troubled. / DO not suppose you have
escaped. Compare your view OF this
.ifg at fifteen years Of aye with whaS your
view is of it at forty, or sixty, or seventy.
What g great contrast Of opinion. Were
YOU right then, or sre you right now!
Two cups plGCcd in your hands, the one q
sweet cup, the other & sour cup, A cup
Of 10y and cup Of grief. Which has
been the nearest 20 being full, aad out OF
which have you the m0:e frequently
partaEen? What 9 different place Green
wood is from what it used to be? Once
it was 10 you 8 grSnd city improvement,
snd Won went out on the pleasure eXCur-
sion, snd you ran lsughingly up the
mound, and you criticised in light way
the epi,aph But since the day when you
heard the bell toll ct the gate when you
went IN with the prOCeSsloD, = IS
SAD PLACE,
ard there is s Hood Of rusalng memories
..te suffuse the eye and ovsrmsster the
art. On, you have had trouble, trouble
.4aayie. God only knows how much you
have had. 1t is wonder you have been
able to live through it. 1t is q wonder
/ your nervous system has not been
shattered, and your brain has not reeIed.
Trouble, trouble. If l could gather
all the griefs, Of all sorts, from this
/ greer aucierce, and could put them IN
one scroll, neither man nor angel could
endure the recitation. Well, what do
Won want? Would You Ike to have your
pr1ne-lv back 8Gain? mo-" you say, as
a Christian man. -: was becoming AFRO
CANT, and l think that is why the Lord
took it eway. I don't want 20 have my
property back" Vel, would You have
your departed friends back again? "No, "
YOU say, 81 couldn't take the responsible
ity Of bringing them from tesrlesS realm
to 4 realm Of tears. cOuldn'; GO IT,"
Well, then, what DO you want: th0H
ssnd voices in the suGieuCe cry out, Com
fort, give Us comfort" For that reason
l nave rolled swSy the stone from the
wells mouth Come, ell We wounded OF
the flock, pursued OF wolves, come 20 the
fountain where the Lords sick and bereit
/ ones have come.
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